Dorothy is still reading children's lit which is littered with orphans and dead parents. She is currently reading a book about a father and children who have adventures together, celebrating the memory of their mother who died, leaving behind a patent which made them very rich.
"It's better when both parents in a book are dead," Dorothy told me, "because when only one parent is dead, it's all they talk about. When both parents are dead, they just don't talk about it."